Teen geek #1: I need a passport.Teen geek #2: What for? You don't go to other countries.Teen geek #1: I went to Canada!Teen geek #2: Canada?! Canada doesn't count!Teen geek #1: Canada totally counts! If you go to the French part, they speak French and stuff.

Japanese teacher: So the ‘sou desu’ form is used when you want to say something seems like something else. Like, Tanaka San seems happy — you could say ‘Tanaka San wa ureshisou desu.’Student #1: What if he’s smiling and he just won the lottery? Would you have to say he seems happy, or could you say that he is happy?Japanese teacher: Well, you are not Tanaka San — he could find the money to be a burden — so you’d have to use ‘sou desu.’Student #2: What if he’s yelling that he’s happy?Japanese teacher: He could be lying. You never know with Tanaka San…

Old lady (looking directly at Hispanic woman and her baby): They don’t speak English and they don’t wanna learn. They just want pay from America. They hate our guts.
[to baby]: Give your Mommy a kiss!
–B6 Bus, Brooklyn

Cashier #1: I felt so bad. She was trying to be so nice to her, but this woman was just horrible.
Cashier #2: What happened?
Cashier #1: She asked her if she wanted a vente mocha frappacino–she was even smiling and stuff when she asked–and then the woman got all mad and said, “Look it, I don’t speak Italian.”
–Starbucks, Astor Place